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Spartan Hall of Fame Grows by Three

Apr 29, 2010

YORK, PA – The York College Athletic Hall of Fame will
grow by three as Jill Crouse-Wolf, Chris
Showers, and Michael Jackson will be
inducted into the prestigious fraternity on Saturday, May 1 at
Charles Wolf Gymnasium.

The 1998 Men’s Soccer team will also be honored by the
College as they were the first team in program history to win a
Capital Athletic Conference championship.

Jill Crouse-Wolf was a three-time All-Capital Athletic
Conference first-team volleyball selection for the Spartans during
her four-year career (1996-1999). She was a three-time captain for
the Spartans while she also was a three-time team MVP for the Green
and White. Crouse-Wolf still holds the school record for career
kills at 2,003 and career digs with 3,021. Up until this fall, she
held the CAC record for career digs. Crouse-Wolf also holds five
other school records including total attempts, digs percentage,
total service receptions, reception percentage, and total games
played.

Crouse-Wolf earned the top NCAA Division III digs per game
ranking in 1999 while she was also a starter on the 1997 CAC
championship squad. She earned the York College Georgia
Heathcote-Stallman award signifying the outstanding senior female
student-athlete in May of 2000.

After her playing career, Crouse-Wolf served as a Spartan
assistant volleyball coach for five years. She continues to be an
active player in the York County area.

Chris Showers ended his career as the most decorated Spartan
men’s soccer player at the time of his graduation. He was a
physical defender that helped the Spartan defense dominate
opponents, setting a tone that has carried through the run of the
highly successful and nationally ranked Spartan men’s soccer
program.

Showers was a first-team All-CAC pick and first-team
All-Mid-Atlantic region as a junior. He was the only junior to
appear on that Mid-Atlantic all-start squad. He followed that up by
helping lead the Spartans to their first men’s soccer CAC
tournament title as a senior. He again earned first-team All-CAC
accolades and second-team regional honors as the Spartans won 16
games and the conference crown. He was the Spartans’ team MVP
for the conference champions.

Showers was a two-year captain for York while his leadership
helped the Green and White reach unprecedented heights capped by
the conference championship. The Spartan defense held opponents to
1.61 goals against during his junior year and a 1.14 goals against
average during the 1998 season.

Michael Jackson was a Spartan standout from 1991 to 1994 as the
Spartan men’s track and field program was one of the most
successful not only in the CAC but also a regional powerhouse as
the squad captured back-to-back CAC team championships in 1991 and
1992. Jackson was a 400-meter intermediate hurdle CAC champion in
1992 while he was a member of two conference champion 4x100 relay
teams in 1991 and 1992.

In addition to being a conference champion, Jackson was a
three-time second-team finisher in the 400 intermediate hurdles
(1991, 1993, and 1994) and a runner-up in the 1994 110-meter
hurdles. He was also on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed
second at the 1992 championships.

Jackson, who serves as a Spartan assistant cross country coach,
has continued his participation in track after graduation. He has
earned various championships in the USATF Outdoor Master’s
National Championships, USATF Indoor Master’s National
Championships, the national level of the State Games of America and
the Keystone State Games.

The 1998 men’s soccer team finished the season with a mark
of 16-4-1 as they earned the first of the program’s four CAC
championships. The Spartans never got the opportunity to advance to
the NCAA Tournament as there was no automatic bid to the national
tournament like there is now. In fact, the 1998 season was the last
men’s soccer season without the benefit of the automatic bid.

The Spartans rose to as high as fourth in the Mid-Atlantic
region as they just missed out on participating in a much more
limited post-season field. The season was also the last in the long
and accomplished tenure of head coach Pat Massa who retired from
coaching at the end of the year.